How to access tenants’ rights services
Defne Karabatur/Senior Staff
In the last few months, I have had to contend with my own dispute involving the leasing company that represents the owner of the house that I live in.
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Berkeley Law should reject Helen Diller Family Foundation donation
This institute now gives the highest recognition to a group that champions Islamophobic hatred, misogyny and the suppression of political speech.
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By voting against Prop. 10, Californians failed themselves
STATE ISSUES: Blanket rent control policy will never work in this state. In the next election, voters must do better
California is in a serious housing crisis — and yet, California voters failed to pass Proposition 10 to repeal Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act and allow for much needed rent control.
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Research highlights importance of Bay Area affordable housing
A research brief released Monday by UC Berkeley’s Urban Displacement Project highlighted the need for the development of market-rate and subsidized housing in order to reduce displacement pressures and to alleviate the housing crisis in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Berkeley housing vote is a step in the right direction, but there are miles still to go
On Tuesday, the Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to adopt a set of six housing recommendations brought forward by the NAACP, based on a year’s worth of outreach to determine the needs of the low-income community. These recommendations focus largely on increasing the availability of affordable housing in the city
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